3Connect the hard drive to the SATA connector on the printed circuit board.

SATA connector

4Secure the hard drive to the printed circuit board with the screws (4) provided.

5Place the printed circuit board/hard drive assembly into the enclosure with the hard drive face down, then secure it into the enclosure with the screws (4) you previously removed.

6Replace the top cover and slide the lock switch to the right to lock the enclosure.

Connecting the enclosure to your computer

Notes:

Make sure that you have already installed a hard drive into the enclosure before you connect your enclosure to your computer.

For new hard drives, you need to initialize and partition your hard drive before it will appear in Windows Explorer or on your Mac desktop. Refer to your hard drive manufacturer's documentation or see " Creating A New Partition" on page 6.

For optimal performance, make sure that your laptop or PC has USB 3.0 ports.

To connect the enclosure to your computer:

1Plug the smaller USB 3.0 (Micro-B type) connector on the USB Y cable (provided) into the port on the enclosure.

Extra USB power connector

USB 3.0 A-type connector

USB 3.0 Micro B connector

2Plug the other end of the cable into USB ports on your computer. For additional power, connect the extra USB connector to the computer, especially for large capacity hard drives.

The operating system automatically detects and sets up the new drive.

If the drive is correctly detected, a new drive letter is assigned to the enclosure.

For Macintosh computers, the new drive letter appears on the desktop.For PCs, the new drive letter appears in My Computer (Computer).

Note for Windows users: If you do not see an additional drive in your system, you must format the new drive. See “ Formatting the hard drive in Windows” on page 6 for more information.

Notes for Macintosh users: If you do not see an additional drive in your system, select Disk Utilities from the Utilities folder, then select the external enclosure and format the drive to meet your requirements.

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